Improvement in pocket-books



F. vH. SMITH.

Pocket-Books. r N0 1-52,875, Patented my 7,1874.

UNITED NS'IAfIEs PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK H. SMITH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN POCKET-BOO-KS.

YSpecication forming part of Letters Patent No. 152,876, dated July 7, 1874; application led June 15, 1874.

CAsE B.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK H. SMITH, of the city and county of Philadelphia and State ot' Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Pocket-Books, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in

Y which- Figure l is a perspective view representing a pocket-book having my improvement ap- 'plied thereto. Figs. 2 and 3 are sections. Fig.

4L is a perspective view ot' my clasp detached and in an invert-ed position. Fig. 5 represents the same before it is bent into shape.

The ends of the elastic band usually employed for closing pocket-books when not in use have heretofore eithcrbeen stitched to the cover, and the joint thus formed concealed by a narrow strip of leather, known as the han or the ends of the elastic have been stitched directly to the bar, which methods are objectionable for the reason that when the elastic is worn out it is difcnlt to attach a To enable others skilled in the art to under stand and use In y invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawings, A represents a pocket book, the back a of which is provided with two bars, b b, under each ot which is passed one end of au elastic band, B, the two ends ot the band being lapped and cemented together, if desired. G is a metallic plate, of the form seen in Fig. 5, being provided with two tongues, d d, opposite each other, which are bent over and pressed tightly down upon the lapped ends ofthe elastic, so as to hold them securelyin position, the plate with its tongues serving as a clasp, which, when dra-wn down upon the back a by pulling' the elastic in opposite directions, conceals both the bars b b and the lapped ends of the elastic, thus forming a neat, cheap, and secure fastening.

lVhen the elastic B is worn out, it is simply necessa-yT to raise and turn over the clasp C, and lift the tongues cl d, when the elastic may be readily removed and replaced, no stitching being required.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'lhe clasp C, with its tongues d. d, in combination with the elastic B and the bars b b ot' a pocket-book, and operating substantially as and for the purpose described.

Witness my hand this 11th day of June, A. D. 1874.

F. H. SMITH.

In presence of- N. W. STEARNs, W. J. CAMBRIDGE. 

